Conference Presentations

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WELCOME

Prof. Michał KLEIBER, Polish Minister of Scientific Research and Information Technology

Mr. Pierre MENAT, Ambassador, French Embassy in Poland

Mr. Georg Wilhelm ADAMOWITSCH, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour

• Welcome Speech

Prof. Klaus-Heinrich STANDKE, President of the Committee for the Promotion of the French-German-Polish Cooperation ('Weimar Triangle'), Berlin-Paris-Warsaw

• "Address of Welcome"

RESEARCH STRATEGIES FOR ENERGY IN ENLARGED EUROPE. PRIORITIES AND FINANCING

Chairman: Senator Pierre LAFFITTE, President of AFAST

Dr Jan Krzysztof FRĄCKOWIAK, Deputy Minister of Science and Information Technology

• "Polish research strategy in the energy sector"

Mr. Georg Wilhelm ADAMOWITSCH, State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour

• "German research strategy in the energy sector"
• "German research strategy in the energy sector" - speech

Mr. Jean BESSON, Commissioned by the Prime Minister as the Reporter of the "National, Debate on Energy 2003", French Ministry of Economics

• "French research strategy in the energy sector"

Mr. Michel POIREAU, Head of Unit; Directorate J - Energy, Strategy and policy, Research DG, European Commission

• "EU research strategy in the energy sector"
• "Energy research strategy in the EU" - speech

INNOVATIVE BIOMASS TECHNOLOGIES

Chairman: Mr. Grzegorz WIŚNIEWSKI, Director of the European Centre of Renewable Energy, Warsaw

Mr. Ghislain GOSSE, President of the INRA (National Agronomic Research Institute), Regional Centre, Lille

• "Biofuels for Transportation, a Challenge for the Future" - abstract
• "Biofuels for Transportation, a Challenge for the Future"

Mr. Ebehard OETTEL, President of the board of FEE - Society for the promotion of renewable energies FEE, Berlin

• "Towards Energy Security for Europe: Biofuels by Thermal Gasification - State-of the Art in Germany" - abstract
• "Towards Energy Security for Europe: Biofuels by Thermal Gasification - State-of the Art in Germany" - article
  
• "Towards Energy Security for Europe: Biofuels by Thermal Gasification - State-of the Art in Germany"

Mr. Grzegorz WIŚNIEWSKI, Director of the European Centre of Renewable Energy, Warsaw

• "Bio-energy Research and Development in Poland" - abstract
• "Bio-energy Research and Development in Poland"

Prof. Wojciech NOWAK, Czestochowa University of Technology

• "Biomass Combustion and Gasification" - abstract
• "Biomass Combustion and Gasification"

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION ON PHOTOVOLTAICS

Chairman: Dr Stanisław PIETRUSZKO, Warsaw University of Technology, Centre of Photovoltaics

Dr Jean-Bernard SAULNIER, Vice Scientific Director, Department of Engineering Sciences (SPI), CNRS, Paris

• "New Paths for Photovoltaics" - abstract
• "New Paths for Photovoltaics"

Mr. Philippe COSTERG, Responsible for solar activity, TOTAL, Paris

• "The Strategy of TOTAL for Photovoltaics: an Industrial Achievement. Photovoltech, Photovoltaic Innovation and Performance" - abstract
• "The Strategy of TOTAL for Photovoltaics: an Industrial Achievement. Photovoltech, Photovoltaic Innovation and Performance"

Dr Karin FREIER, Scientific Director, Division "Solar energy, Biomass, Geothermal energy, Market Incentive programmes for renewable energies", Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin

• "State of the Art and Further Challenges in Research and Development on Photovoltaics"

Dr Stanisław PIETRUSZKO, Warsaw University of Technology, Centre of Photovoltaics

• "Photovoltaics in New Member States" - abstract
• "Photovoltaics in New Member States"

HYDROGEN ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES AND ECONOMY

Chairman: Dr Bernard FROIS, Director "Energy, Environment and Natural Resources", French Ministry for Research

• "Hydrogen Vision"

Mr. Jean-Pierre LE ROUX, Deputy General Administrator, CEA (French Atomic Energy Commission), Paris

• Sustainable hydrogen

Dr Pierre ROUVEIROLLES, Research Department, RENAULT

• "The New Fuels and Their Future"

Dr Hanns-Joachim NEEF, Head of Division ERG, Project Management Organisation Jülich (PTJ), Research Center Jülich

• "Hydrogen Technologies Leading to a Hydrogen Economy"

Prof. Józef DUBIŃSKI, General Director of the Central Mining Institute, Katowice

• "Coal as Important Raw Energy Source for Hydrogen Economy Development in Europe" - abstract
• "Coal as Important Raw Energy Source for Hydrogen Economy Development in Europe"

Dr Jan ROGUT, Central Mining Institute, Katowice

• "Green Energy and Hydrogen from Coal. The Draft of Integrated Project Proposals in Support for the HYPOGEN EU Initiative of Sustainable Energy Development" - abstract
• "Green Energy and Hydrogen from Coal. The Draft of Integrated Project Proposals in Support for the HYPOGEN EU Initiative of Sustainable Energy Development"

Mr. Bohdan ŻAKIEWICZ, Chairman, Consolidated Seven Rocks Mining, Warsaw

• "New Era of Energy Culture: Mass Production of Inexpensive Hydrogen in Poland" - abstract
• "New Era of Energy Culture: Mass Production of Inexpensive Hydrogen in Poland"

ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION

Chairman: Mr. Yves BAMBERGER, R&D Director, EDF Group (Groupe Electricité de France)

Mr. Yves BAMBERGER, R&D Director, EDF Group (Groupe Electricité de France)

• "How the Electric System Contributes to Energy Efficiency"

Mr. Bertrand BARRÉ, Vice-President Scientific Communication, AREVA

• "EPR and Beyond" - abstract
• "EPR and Beyond"

Mr. Jurgen HOGREFE, Senior Vice President of EnBW AG - Energie Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe

• "Beyond nukes - What Comes in Germany after Phasing Out of Nuclear Energy?" - abstract
• "Beyond nukes - What Comes in Germany after Phasing Out of Nuclear Energy?"

Prof. Jean-Claude VAN DUYSEN, Director of the Institute EIFER (European Institute for Energy Research), Karlsruhe

• "Micro and Macro-economic Analysis of Renewable Energy Policies"

Prof. Jerzy MUKOSIEJ, Scientific Manager, Electrotechnical Institute, Warsaw

• "Electrotechnical Scientific Units in Poland" - abstract
• "Electrotechnical Scientific Units in Poland"

Prof. Hanna MOŚCICKA-GRZESIAK, dr KRZYSZTOF SIODŁA, dr Zbigniew NADOLNY, Centre of Excellence GETRADEE, Poznań University of Technology

• "Present Problems in the Field of Electric Energy Distribution"

FUEL CELLS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS

Chairman: Dr Georg WAGENER-LHOSE, Managing Director of CEBra - Center for Energy Technology Brandenburg, Cottbus

• Introduction

Mr. Daniel CLEMENT, Coordinator of the Fuel Cell Technological Network PACo,Research Director, ADEME (Environment and Energy Research Agency), Paris

• "Fuel Cell: the French Organization for Research and Development and Results"

Dr Robert STEINBERGER-WILCKENS, SOFC-Coordinator, Project Management Fuel Cells, PBZ Research Centre Jülich

• "High Temperature Fuel Cells - Status and Applications" - abstract
• "High Temperature Fuel Cells - Status and Applications"

Dr Georg WAGENER-LHOSE, Managing Director of the new center "CEBRra" Center for energy technology Brandenburg, Cottbus

• "Fuel Cells Developments in Eastern Germany - Options for Biogenous Gases"

Prof. Franciszek KROK, Dean of the Department of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology

• "Materials for SOFC Technologies" - abstract
• "Materials for SOFC Technologies"

Prof. Bolesław MAZUREK, Electrotechnical Institute, Wroclaw

• "Solar Power Station - an Element of Dispersed Power System" - abstract
• "Solar Power Station - an Element of Dispersed Power System"

Dr Tomasz GOLEC, Institute of Power Engineering, Warsaw

• "Fuel cells in Institute of Power Engineering" - abstract
• "Fuel cells in Institute of Power Engineering"

CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION OF CO₂

Chairman: Mr. Jacek PODKANSKI, Senior Energy Technology Specialist, OECD/International Energy Agency, Paris

• Speech

Mr. Jacek PODKANSKI, Senior Energy Technology Specialist, OECD/International Energy Agency, Paris

• "Carbon Capture and Storage" - abstract
• "Carbon Capture and Storage"

Mr. Gérard FRIES, Executive Vice President, (Institut Français du Pétrole / French R&D Institute for oil, natural gas and automobile industry), Paris

• "CO₂ from Capture to Storage" - abstract
• "CO₂ from Capture to Storage"

Dr Peter GERLING, Energy resources, BGR (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe / Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources), Hannover

• "CO₂-storage in Germany: Options, Activities, and Open Questions" - abstract
• "CO₂-storage in Germany: Options, Activities, and Open Questions"

Dr Marek ŚCIĄŻKO, Director of the Institute of Chemical Processing of Coal, Zabrze

• "Avoided CO₂ Emission in Co-firing" - abstract
• "Avoided CO₂ Emission in Co-firing"

Prof. Janusz RAKOWSKI, Institute of Power Engineering, Warsaw

• "Capture and Sequestration of CO₂" - abstract
• "Capture and Sequestration of CO₂"

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND ENERGY SAVINGS (DOMESTIC USE, TRANSPORTS, INDUSTRY)

Chair: Dr Dorota CHWIEDUK, President of Polish Solar Energy Society, Co-ordinator of Thematic Network "Eco-buildings", Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw

Mr. Paul BAUDRY, Project Manager"Energy efficiency", EDF

• "Efficiency in Industry Through Electro-technologies"

Mrs. Sylvie NIESSEN, PREDIT Office, Research and innovation programme in land transport, Ministries in charge of research, transport, environment and industry, ADEME, ANVAR, Paris

• "Energy Efficiency and Energy Savings in Transports" - abstract
• "Energy Efficiency and Energy Savings in Transports"

Dr Wolfgang EICHHAMMER, Head of the Department Energy technology and Energy policy, ISI - Fraunhofer Institute for Systems ad Innovation Research, Karlsruhe

• "Energy Efficiency in the EU15: Achievements and Prospects"
• "Steps towards a 2000 Watt Society" - short version
• "Steps towards a 2000 Watt Society"

Dr Dorota CHWIEDUK, President of Polish Solar Energy Society, Co-ordinator of Thematic Network "Eco-buildings", Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Warsaw

• "Some Aspects of Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation in Buildings" - abstract
• "Some Aspects of Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation in Buildings"

Prof. Krzysztof BADYDA, Institute of Heat Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology

• "Some Aspects of Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation in Power Generation Industry" - abstract
• "Some Aspects of Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation in Power Generation Industry"

COOPERATION: EXAMPLES AND PROPOSALS

Chairman: Dr Andrzej SIEMASZKO, Director of 6th Framework Programme National Contact Point, Warsaw

• Cooperation with Poland

Dr Piotr ŚWIĄTEK, Scientific Secretary, COST Programmes, European Sciences Foundation, Brussels

• COST

CONCLUSIONS

Prof. Jan Krzysztof KURZYDŁOWSKI
Senator Pierre LAFFITTE

• speech

Prof. Klaus-Heinrich STANDKE President of the Committee for the Promotion of the French-German-Polish Cooperation ('Weimar Triangle'), Berlin-Paris-Warsaw
Dr Andrzej SIEMASZKO, Director of 6th Framework Programme National Contact Point, Warsaw
Mr. Günter WESTERMANN, Director, European Investment Bank, Luxembourg